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I bought three muscadine vines from Ison's in September 2019. Two Sugargates and one Noble. They arrived very well packaged and healthy and are growing nicely. Their website also includes *lots* of growing information. I highly recommend them as a fruit vine/tree vendor!

What can I say? It's Baker Creek!

A large, varied assortment of open-pollinated, many heirloom plant seeds. I'm primarily a vegetable gardener and they have a vast assortment to choose from. The order process is painless and shipping is...FREE!!!! And usually they throw in a free packet of seeds! As far as I know, they only sell home-garden size seed packets so order enough to make it worthwhile for them! Also, occasionally they have "charity" sales where they contribute the proceeds of sales, for say a weekend, to a specific charity. The most recent sale of this type was to help India during their recent skyrocketing COVID-19 wildfire. Baker Creek is not only rareseeds.com but also a rare company that has a big heart!!! AAA+++

I have placed two orders over the last couple of years. Both orders went smoothly and arrived promply. I've had good germination results from the seeds that I've purchased from them. I just planted some Contender beans that I purchased two years ago and have gotten an excellent stand of beans from them. They have several options for seed amounts to purchase, from home garden amounts to commercial grower quantities. The prices are good.

Santa Rosa sent me wonderful boxes of perennials at least once a year for many years, most recently June of 2020. Their website was nearly bare of plants at the end of December, and I got worried. Now their website has changed to offer plant boxes (special gifts and subscriptions), so I emailed them to see what was going on. I just got this reply:

"Santa Rosa Gardens has enjoyed providing plants to homeowners all over the US via our online nursery, but we have made the decision to no longer offer mail-order perennials. We will be focused exclusively on growing houseplants, succulents, and specialty plants for our family of subscription plant boxes: My Garden Box, The Plant Club, and Succulents Monthly. We hope to continue sharing our love of plants with our Santa Rosa Gardens family through our plant subscription boxes. We wish you success with another potted plant provider and a wonderful upcoming growing season."

I will sure miss their big boxes of perennials! I'm sure their new boxes are expertly packed and contain the quality of plants we're used to seeing from them. The quick response to my inquiry suggests that their great customer service continues. Wishing them all the best in their new direction!

Just got lily bulbs I ordered a week ago and I have never seen or held bulbs this size and density. The largest weighs about as much a a pool ball, slightly larger than a tennis ball! Very well packaged and a very nice selection for great prices on their website. Communication via email was quite prompt.

I would easily buy again if I had the space for more bulbs right now!

I received my first order from New Hampshire Hostas, 11 hostas and 1 epimedium. Packaging was well done. Wet rolled newspaper held in place with rubberbands held the soil in place and layers of newpaper protected the plants. The plants were as big as hostas being offered locally, even better. I ordered two plug sizes. One was upgraded to the next size. The other plug came wrapped in newspaper and plastic. It was well rooted and a good starting size.

I will definitely order again.

I am a new gardener and placed my first order with Victory Seeds last week. People are very friendly and took time to communicate about the information I was asking for. Since I live in Oregon the shipment arrived in just one business day. The seeds were packaged neatly with a warm note. Each packet has detailed information. Will definitely order from Victory Seeds in the future.

I've ordered Ginny Pearce's daylily intros and they were very nice double fans and I also received a bonus. I have four of her daylilies and they all multiply well and have performed well in my zone 6b garden. She responds quickly to emails.

I was looking online to order Boston Marrow Seeds; I didn't save any from my few harvested fruits last year (boo to me)

I ordered Boston Marrow seeds from Victory Seed Company because, well their logo looks like the Victory Motorcycle logo and that caught my eye :D But also glad that they had the Boston Marrow seeds which are an heirloom variety. I placed my order and was astounded when I received it 3 days later!

Seeds were planted on a heat pad and under lights; germination in 3 days!

I have good and bad points to review.

Good: The phlox I ordered from them are HUGE. Seriously, they're more than a foot tall already, with multiple stems. By far the biggest phlox I've gotten from any mail-order company. And packed very carefully. The plants put a big smile on my face and a "wow" on my lips when I unpacked them.

Bad: I only received part of my order, with no notice that it was a partial shipment. In fact, both their website and the email they sent me specifically called the order "fulfilled". I sent them an inquiry on their customer service form on their website, but I received no response and finally had to call them. And now it turns out that they're out of stock on the items I didn't receive.

In sum: The plants are very large and very healthy, but their customer service appears to be a mess.

Huge bulbs, immaculately packed and first year growing had 5+ foot tall plants from many of the larger varieties. Very happy with multiple purchases